A Prayer to Depend on the Lord – Your Day by day Prayer – August 11

A Prayer to Depend on the Lord
By Tiffany Thibault

So that is what the Sovereign Lord says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a examined stone, a valuable cornerstone for a certain basis; the one who depends on it can by no means be stricken with panic.” – Isaiah 28:16

Jesus mentioned these phrases which can be nonetheless so true and highly effective at the moment: “I’ve mentioned these items to you, that in me you’ll have peace. On this planet you should have tribulation. However take coronary heart; I’ve overcome the world.” (John 16:33) Activate the information, scroll by means of social media and every part you see and listen to completely confirms our Lord’s phrases. Tribulation, starvation, wars, sickness, household struggles, and extra – the listing is infinite. Sadly, we frequently spend an excessive amount of of our days anxious, anxious, harassed, and finally worn out from all of the issues taking place round us.

Now we have this promise that we will remind ourselves of when our coronary heart will not be at peace: God continues to be the Ruler of the universe, and never one little, tiny element ever escapes His discover. Our Bible verse says that He has laid in Zion – in Heaven – a cornerstone that has been examined and confirmed to be sturdy and true. In structure, the cornerstone is extraordinarily essential, and the integrity of all the constructing relies upon upon it. It’s the first stone laid, one that’s confirmed to be sturdy. All different stones within the constructing are constructed off of it and rely upon it for energy, stability, and endurance. 

The Lord has laid that confirmed cornerstone in our life, in our religion. That cornerstone is Jesus. He has been examined and confirmed to make certain, to be sturdy. He bore all the load of sin from all the world on Him as He died for us on the cross. He then rose once more, defeating demise for us. Jesus being our cornerstone implies that as we align our lives and our hearts with Him that we are going to be sanctified and steady. We will lean on Him for our help, and we is not going to shift or fall.

Trusting within the Lord to be your cornerstone as you stroll by means of your days nervousness free (even within the midst of all the stuff that life throws your means) is one thing that we will all search the Lord for each day. The important thing to shedding nervousness is to decide to looking for the Lord day by day, in each scenario, in each second. It doesn’t matter what chaos is going on round us on the planet, or the trials that you’re personally encountering in your life, you may have peace in your coronary heart. You might be free from panic and from the horrible grip of hysteria in case your hope is in Jesus. 

Jesus has already overcome the world! He has come to deliver you peace within the midst of the issues. Look to Him, search Him in prayer and thru learning the dear phrases within the Bible. The extra we spend time with the Lord, the extra that we are going to discover ourselves trusting Him a little bit extra. Second by second and daily, as we pursue extra of Jesus, we are going to discover that our nervousness lessens, our peace will increase and our relationship with Him is richer. Don’t permit yet one more day of peace and pleasure to be stolen from you. 

Let’s pray:

Expensive Lord,
Thanks for the guarantees that you simply give us in your Phrase. Thanks for saying that I can have peace in my coronary heart. Thanks that I can stroll away from nervousness. Assist me to maintain my eyes on you within the midst of all my difficulties. Assist me to belief you extra every day. Thanks that you’re my cornerstone, that as I lean on you and consider your guarantees, I might be sturdy in my religion. You’re my God, and I’ll be taught to relaxation on you at the moment. Draw me near you as I stroll by means of all of those conditions. 

In your identify I pray, Jesus,
Amen

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